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WFH hack | Worker admits 'playing games all day' after secretly automating their £66k job
An IT worker earning more than £66,000 per year claims to have built a programme to do their job for...
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'It hurts people' | Payroll attack on Sainsbury's & Boots leaves thousands worried for Christmas
Hundreds of thousands of UK workers have been affected by an apparent ransomware attack on a widely-used...
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Spying bosses | Viral TikTok video shows remote staff how to 'fake work' as WFH snooping rises
Remote staff have discovered a new device which helps them trick snooping bosses into thinking they are...
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'Um...no thanks' | 'Your boss can visit whenever they fancy' said remote work job ad for Barbie toymaker
Mattel has made headlines after saying that bosses can visit whenever they want...
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Digital inequality | HR could solve BIG issues created by hybrid working
A new study shows that business leaders don't fully grasp the future of work but CHROs can help...
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'Gravest problem' | Amazon's 'broken' HR system led to firings and MASSIVE underpayments
Amazon's HR system has 'glitched' leaving many workers without pay they are owed - and even to some...
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'Like a snow day' | Facebook outage DECIMATES world of work
Facebook's global outage caused frustration for millions of social media users on Monday, but it also...
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Digital working | New tech is overwhelming HR, claims new data
In an ironic twist, following a year that has made technological comms invaluable, an overload of digital...
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'Ticking time bomb' | Frustrated home workers in danger of causing IT 'security crisis'
Stringent security measures were an immediate concern in the move to home working, as gaining access...
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More talent woes | Automated hiring is rejecting millions of qualified candidates
Automated hiring systems are unnecessarily filtering out highly skilled job candidates, according to...
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Amazon | Firm plans to capture workers' keystrokes - what could this mean for HR?
Amazon plans to monitor how its employees use their keyboards to prevent customer data leaks, according...
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‘Dear Intern’ | Accidental HBO email gets people sharing BIGGEST work gaffes on Twitter
After HBO Max sent an email in error last week, and insisted that it was the intern's fault, many have...
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‘We want happy employees’ | How Missguided boosted employee experience
Missguided has looked to continue to boost its own employee experience, as Marek Sadowski, HR Manager...
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'Learning never stops' | Pandemic sparks 70% increase in digital learning
Following the huge disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it seems that despite all the turbulence,...
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HSBC | Manager pens viral post about pandemic overwork after heart attack
'I sat down at my desk at 4pm to prep for this weeks work. And then I couldn't really breathe. My chest...
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'Big brother' | Homeworkers reject monitoring software
According to a new study by Skillcast, 59% of respondents did not want to work for any company trying...
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Amazon | 'Give us bio data or lose job'
It has been revealed that from this week US-based Amazon delivery drivers will have to sign a 'biometric...
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TUC analysis | UK staff put in £24bn worth of unpaid overtime in 2020
Recent analysis from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) found that UK workers have put in a staggering £24billion...
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Amazon | Nearly 4,000 workers 'mistakenly told to isolate' in HR nightmare
Thousands of Amazon workers were mistakenly told to isolate by test and trace in what could be described...
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WFH | Huge numbers of companies are spying on staff
Whilst the process of monitoring screens is a moral grey area, official Government advice is clear that...
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